Web Literacies and Search Strategies

Safe Search for Images - Powered by Google
Search by Reading Level -
http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1095407
Advanced Search
Google - Even More

• California Velcro Crop Under Challenge
  http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html
• Dihydrogen Monoxide
• http://www.dhmo.org
• The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
• http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

NETS for Searching
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm

Evaluating Sites

• R = read the URL
• E = examine the content
• A = ask about the author or owner
• L = look at the links

• links out
• links in
• link command
• link:
• 
  

Domain:

• host:nasa.gov + shuttle
• host:gov + “breast cancer”
• host:edu + “teacher prep”

Country

• host:cn + olympics
• host:ac.uk American Revolution